Kevin Gilbert (author), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kevin Gilbert (author)

Twentieth Indigenous Australian artist, writer and activist

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1933

Place of Birth: Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 01-Apr-1993

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Kevin Gilbert (10 July 1933 – 1 April 1993) was a 20th century Indigenous Australian author, activist, artist, poet, playwright and printmaker.
Kevin Gilbert, a Wiradjuri warrior, was born on the banks of the Kalara, Lachlan River.
Kevin Gilbert was the first Aboriginal playwright, printmaker and author of the first political work on Aboriginal issues.
He was an active Human Rights defender and was involved in the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972 and its re-establishment on a permanent basis in 1992.
In 1979 Kevin led the National Aboriginal Government protest on Capital Hill, Canberra.
His vision for a continent with integrity led to him being Chair of the Treaty ’88 Campaign for a sovereign treaty between Aboriginal Nations and Peoples and non-Aboriginal Australians, as a proper foundation for all people living on this land now known as Australia.
He defined the legal argument for a Treaty/Treaties and Aboriginal Sovereignty in Aboriginal Sovereignty, Justice, the Law and Land.
He is also the winner of the 1978 National Book Council prize for writers for Living Black: Blacks Talk to Kevin Gilbert (1977).